Adjustable table



(No Model.)

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ADJUSTABLE TABLE.

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UNITED STATES dliATEixrr OEEIcE.

ERNEST Tix, OE DENVER, COLORADO.

-ADJUSTABLE TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,263, dated January9, 1883.

Application filed August $23, 1882. (No model.)

` tion.

My invention relates to improvements in adjustable tables in which thetop plate is Vmovable and operates in conjunction with its base' or leg,withan adjustable lever or hanger; and the objects of my improvementsare, first, to 'provide a facility to raise and lower the tableplate;second, to afford facilities for the proper adjustment ot' saidtable-plate in regard to its.

position relative toits base; and, third, to provide the table withcandle or lamp light always attainable, regardless of the position ofthe top plate. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a side view of theentire table; Fig. 2, a front view ofthe table as it appears when thelop plate is in a horizontal position; and Fig. 3, another side view,showing theinclined plane of the table when turned to an angularposition, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughont the several views.

The table or plateA, its hanger J, and lever L, secured to its-leg B,sliding in standard C, which latter stands firmly on its base D,provided witlr casters or rollers, constitute the main bolly ofthetable. The lever L, fastened to table-plate A, revolves around pin N.lhe latter is secured to leg B, to which is also secured the guide M,allowing hanger J, secured to A, to slide through M, held at will in anydesirable position by means ot' key or set-screw K. Theextension ofleg Bis provided with a rack,`E, to its lower end, which slides in andthrough the center` of standard C, and can be raised or loweredbyturning pinion l" by means ot' hand-lever Gr.

To prevent the table A, connected with leg B and rack E,fron1 slidingdownward at will on one side, thetop ofstandard C is provided withaspring,S,which protrudestorack E,thusnsing E as a ratchet. To supportthe table A on the other end, (when in a position determined by theheight in which E--the rack--is placed by means of pinion F, with itshand-lever Gr, and held by spring S,and when' said table A is brought toa desi r'ablean gular orlevel plane by turning lever L to one side andholding hanger J, with key K, in guide M, the latter being, as alreadyobserved, secured to leg B, which has an oval top to prevent it fromtouching plate A when it swings to one side on pin N,) adjustable bracesor'bars a and b are secured tothe lower part of standard G, bar I)sliding on bar w. the latter revolving on pin o. The length ofthe barsisdetermined by the position at which bar b is held by means of aset-screw.

To facilitate the moving ot' the table, its base D is provided with fourrollers.

The table-plate A is provided on the two sides with lasts or strips H,each of which has on one end around pin sufficiently long to holdcandlestick I, which is fastened to ing, in conjunction with thelegs, bymeans of l8o hinges, and the table being raised and lowered by mainforce without gearing, and held by pins or blocks at a certain height,passing through holes in thetables legs and standards. I therefore donot claim such a combination, broadly; but

What'I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

ln an adjustable table, the pivoted supportarmsabdongitudinallyadjnst-ableon each other, in combination with the tableA, provided withlight-holder I, said light-holder being adjustable to a perpendicularwhen the table A is turned from a horizontal plane, substantially asdescribed, and for the purposes set forth.`

EMIL O. HOFFMAN, LEO GANMANN.

